AN ANTIQUE KASHAN MOCHTASHAM CARPET, the rose-red field with a counterposed design of floral sprays, flowering trees, perching birds and animals around an indigo medallion with pendants containing similar motifs and cloudband, the ivory spandrels similar, in a broad indigo border of angular floral sprays, cypress trees and inscription cartouches between ivory and light red floral meander stripes (slight wear, small repairs, possible loss of outer stripe)